In May I posted on here that I was diagnosed with uterine cancer. I had my surgery on July 14 and was diagnosed with stage 1A grade two. I will be having radiation treatment as a preventive measure, but it has been caught in the earliest stages. I developed complications …
Read More »Brittany’s Fight Like a Girl Story (LangerHan Cells Hystiosytois)
Brittany did it!!!! She is a Chemo Grad!!! After fighting LangerHan Cells Hystiosytosis (LCH) for a little over a year, she WON!!! She is officially in remission!! Way to Fight Like a Girl Brittany!!!!! Brittany Indiana Submitted 07/07/2014 The informational content of this article is intended to …
Read More »Ellie’s Fight Like a Girl Story (PCOS and Fibroid’s)
Hi all. I’m 36, and for years I had been struggling with really heavy periods since I was young, but was told it was something I just had to live with. Occasionally doctors would put me on the pill to regulate things, but nothing seemed to work, and I was …
Read More »Natalie’s Fight Like a Girl Story (IBS, Full Rectal Prolapse)
Hi all. Where to begin? I feel I am writing because I am in one word confused. I had abdominal pain and nausea for about six years now (I’m 26). I was diagnosed with IBS after they basically couldn’t come up with any other conclusion after numerous test and people …
Read More »Jamie’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Imperforate Hymen)
I was a completely active athletic child till the age of 12 , all of a sudden out of nowhere I began to have paralyzing pains that would leave me in a fetal position for I don’t know how long. One day when I was pushing on my stomach crouched …
Read More »Tiffany’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Possible Lung Disease)
Hi my name is Tiffany I am 25 years old from San Diego, California. At the age of 19 I went on a camping trip with friends. I was 110 lbs, full of life, and an athletic girl. I was camping at the beach and all day long I was playing …
Read More »Jackie’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Vulvar Cancer)
I was first diagnosed in 2009 with vulvar cancer and had a partial vulvectomy. I had six weeks of radiation and seemed to be on the road to recovery. After a year my tissue started falling apart from radiation damage and I went through a couple years of treatment with …
Read More »Michelle’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Ewing Sarcoma)
In 2002 I tried rollerblading. After a week and a half my leg was very sore. I tried everything but the boot kept hitting my leg. I was left with a very ugly bruise that took months to completely heal so I gave up rollerblading. Over the course of a …
Read More »Cassie’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Vasculitis)
My story starts back in August of 2013, I was 24 years old at the time and was just beginning to kick off my career in portrait and event photography while waiting tables on the side. I was and still strive to be active and healthy, but was met with …
Read More »Lisa’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Hypothyroidism)
27 years ago I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism. I never knew how much the thyroid gland could control your whole being. Besides the sudden weight gain, the dry skin, the hair loss, being tired with no energy, it can cause other medical conditions. I went into early menopause, suffer from …
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